Humans of Film Amsterdam

SCROLL DOWN ⬇️to discover how filmic images 🎞impact the lives of people 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦that I encounter on the streets 🏙of Amsterdam. One story at the time. Oh, and every now and then you can expect a film review. Check out the website for more: www.humansoffilmamsterdam.com

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Film Review: Atlantique | Atlantics (2019); Cannes Film Festival | Director: Mati Diop

#English Film Review: Atlantique | Atlantics (2019); Cannes Film Festival | Director: Mati Diop #Atlantique #CannesFilmFestival #matidiop #AcademyAwards @Festival_Cannes #AmadouMbow

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – 5/5. Author: Feargal Agard | Runtime: 104 min. | Director: Mati Diop | Year: 2019.

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Atlantique (2019) is a mysteriously wonderful film that tells the coming of age…

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Filmrecensie: Atlantique | Atlantics (2019); Cannes Film Festival | Regisseur: Mati Diop

#Dutch Filmrecensie: Atlantique | Atlantics (2019); Cannes Film Festival | Director: Mati Diop #Atlantique #CannesFilmFestival #matidiop #AcademyAwards @Festival_Cannes #AmadouMbow

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Beoordeling: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – 5/5. Auteur: Feargal Agard | Duur: 104 min. | Regisseur: Mati Diop | Jaar: 2019.

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Atlantique(2019) is een mysterieus wonderlijke film die het coming of age-verhaal…

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This is where I leave you (2014): "..family can make you go crazy, but you also love them immensely!.."

This is where I leave you (2014): "..family can make you go crazy, but you also love them immensely!.." #AdamDriver #ThisiswhereILeaveYou #TinaFey #ShawnLevy #JasonBateman #humansoffilmamsterdam #film #movies

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“This is where I leave you(2014) is about a father who passes away and his now-adult children are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week with family and friends. It’s basically a comedy version of how a family can be put together. I giggled so much but it is also a real tear-jerker because it’s all so…

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Film Review: Mrs. Noisy | ミセス・ノイズィ(2019); Dir.: Chihiro Amano | CinemAsia Film Festival 2020

Film review: Mrs. Noisy | ミセス・ノイズィ(2019); Dir.: Chihiro Amano | #CinemAsiaFilmFestival 2020. #HumansofFilmAmsterdam #Amsterdam #CinemAsia #filmreview #Japan #ChihiroAmano #YubariInternationalFantasticFilmFestival #ShitamachiComedyFilmFestival #ミセス・ノイズィ

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – 4/5.

Author: Maxime Hallatu | Runtime: 106 min. | Director: Chihiro Amano | Year: 2019.

During the premiere of the comedy film Mrs. Noisy | ミ セ ス ・ ノ イ ズ (2019), which was shown during CinemAsia Film Festival 2020, I just laughed and sympathized with the main characters of…

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Rocky (1976): "..I ask film investors, are you ready to lose your money?.."

Rocky (1976): "..I ask film investors, are you ready to lose your money?.." #Amsterdam #CinemAsia #putrama @cinemasia_nl #AManCalledAhok #rockybalboa #Rocky #indonesia

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“Rocky Balboa films inspired me to make movies. It started with the first Rocky(1976) film, directed by John G. Avildsen. It’s about a boxer played by Sylvester Stalone who gets the opportunity to participate in the world heavyweight championship. I find it hard to explain in-depth but it made me feel that I can change people’s lives simply because for…

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Mahjong | 麻将 (1996): "..What I find remarkable about Edward Yang's films.."

Mahjong | 麻将 (1996): "..What I find remarkable about Edward Yang's films.." #Amsterdam #CannesFilmFestival #suksuk #lochunyip #yiyi #EdwardYang @cinemasia_nl #mahjong #麻将

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“I extremely like the Taiwanese film Mahjong(1996) by Edward Yang, which has nothing to do with the tile-based game at all. It’s actually about a missing businessman who owes money to an underworld gang and the alienation between him and his son who is the leader of a youth gang. So actually the name of the movie pertains to somewhat of a competition…

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A Better Tomorrow | 英雄本色: "..martial arts was never my thing, but I love films by John Woo.."

A Better Tomorrow | 英雄本色: "..martial arts was never my thing, but I love films by John Woo.." @cinemasia_nl @iffr @semainecannes

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“A film that stands out for me is A Better Tomorrow(1986) which has been directed by John Woo. The story itself is about an ex-gangster who tries to reconcile with his brother, but he has difficulties breaking ties with his former gang. In any case, it stood out to me because when you are a young kid and you watch films, as an Asian person at the time to…

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"..Sitges during Gay Pride ... You are in charge of your own body.."

"..Sitges during Gay Pride ... You are in charge of your own body.." #Amsterdam #ClubExit #GayPride #HoFA @gaykrantNL #sitges

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“About a year ago I was on holiday in Sitges during Gay Pride. I met a nice man and we had chemistry between us. We went out dancing and drinking, etc. Finally, we went to his hotel room and we had sex. It was not all the way, but we kissed and had oral sex, but I didn’t want to continue. That seemed fine with him…

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The Prestige (2006): "Thanks to weed and freaking Christian Bale!"

The Prestige (2006): "Thanks to weed and freaking Christian Bale!" #Amsterdam #Austin #ChristianBale #ChristopherNolan #The Prestige #HughJackman #filmmaking #HumansofFilmAmsterdam

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“I have a funny story to tell about how The Prestige (2006) changed my life. Years back I used to be a sports guy. I always played football, basketball and I participated with MMA I excelled in all of that. Then suddenly I couldn’t sport anymore. I became 23 years old and I ended up self-sabotaging. I was just 23 and lost. My sports activities had just finished…

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Darunee: "..a personal and very important mission to make these invisible stories visible!.."

Darunee: "..a personal and very important mission to make these invisible stories visible!.." #Amsterdam #Asia #lgbtqHumansofAmsterdam

Photo credits: © 2019 Feargal Agard

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“Being queer as an Asian is a taboo even though there is progress in many countries in Asia, but I still think that especially among immigrant communities it’s still a very big deal and a difficult topic to talk about. You could almost say that it is an invisible issue because many people are not willing to come forward with…

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BeyonG: "..Because there’s nothing better than being yourself.."

BeyonG: "..Because there’s nothing better than being yourself.." #Amsterdam #BeyonG #bicultural #bicultureel

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“I am BeyonG, I’m 32 years old and I’m a transwoman of color. There is nothing better in this world than to accept yourself for who you are. It has been quite a journey for me to discover myself and in fact, I’m still trying to find out who I really am as a person. But I know that I am headed in the right direction. What concerns me is the amount of discrimination against…

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(2/2) ".... I can recognize a lot in Monsoon Wedding being of East Indian-Surinamese descent myself. Living in a variety of worlds where it’s necessary to wear different masks for some people within the family, but also outside of the family depending on which scene you are in. I was really enthused about the film. I began to analyze it while watching the film and the friend I was with suddenly said, “Rishi, you should make films.” He felt that the way I spoke about this film was very passionate and analytical and what he said sounded very convincing. That’s why I ended up working in film. For some of the fund applications, I even used Monsoon Wedding as an example of what I want to convey in my films. Basically the dilemmas and connections of living in two worlds. Even the short film script that I wrote for CinemAsia FilmLAB treats the same subject. This script is about a Mother and her son, who with a yoga priest, tries a ritual that is supposed to convert her son from his homosexuality. They all say that they want the best for him and that they do this out of love, but people actually are damaged by these ritualistic treatments.” – Rishi Chamman ---------------------------------------- A Review by Rishi Chamman. Find out more information about the film at CinemAsia.nl ---------------------------------------- Photo and story by Feargal Agard ---------------------------------------- @swazehartog @ggvtveer @rialto_film @lab_111 @kriterionamsterdam ---------------------------------------- #HoFA #HumansofFilmAmsterdam #Amsterdam #netherlands #humans #cinemasia #filmfestival #weloveasiancinema #Asia #Asiancinema #KriterionAmsterdam #lab111 #rialtofilm #rialtoamsterdam #rialtofilmtheater #streetphotography #photooftheday #photography #fotografie #India #instamovies #instacinema #instafilm #instagood #NaseeruddinShah #Monsoonwedding #movies #films #cinema #miranair (at Amsterdam, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu1mXQRlmV2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fj5lhu6cdd6j

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(1/2) "I saw Monsoon Wedding (2001) by Indian filmmaker Mira Nair, a while ago when I was living in New York and interning for a Dutch journalist, Max Westerman who works for RTL News. I went to see the film with a friend and beforehand I had learned that the film won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival and it was rated with five stars. Besides that, the film’s poster intrigued me because it was very colorful as I expect from Bollywood films, but it also had more of a Western aesthetic. It sort of seemed to be a new approach. The film was very impressive. On the other hand, it had many Bollywood elements such as singing, dancing, rituals, and music. That did come from the wedding situation that it was set in during monsoon season. Friends and family from all over India and the world flew to Delhi for the wedding. They party for two weeks straight and everyone seems to like each other, but beneath the surface, there are some hidden truths. Later in the film, you find out that a rich uncle who paid the studies of some of his nieces and nephews, molested one of the lead characters when she was younger. Meanwhile, the family continues to place that uncle on a pedestal, because they feel that they owe a lot to him....” – Rishi Chamman ---------------------------------------- A Review by Rishi Chamman. Find out more information about the film at CinemAsia.nl ---------------------------------------- Photo and story by Feargal Agard ---------------------------------------- @swazehartog @ggvtveer @rialto_film @lab_111 @kriterionamsterdam ---------------------------------------- #HoFA #HumansofFilmAmsterdam #Amsterdam #netherlands #humans #cinemasia #filmfestival #weloveasiancinema #Asia #Asiancinema #KriterionAmsterdam #lab111 #rialtofilm #rialtoamsterdam #rialtofilmtheater #streetphotography #photooftheday #photography #fotografie #India #instamovies #instacinema #instafilm #instagood #NaseeruddinShah #Monsoonwedding #movies #films #cinema #miranair (at Amsterdam, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu1mLmAl1ls/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c7gh9gfdvd4n

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(2/2) “.... For my Master thesis, I focused on motherhood in Dutch films. I coined three specific mother types. The domestic mother, the monstrous mother and the final mother. I continued my research after I graduated. I specialized in dramaturgy and the representation of women and as a script editor, I can even see that low representation of women starts in the scripts. Meaning that female characters are either not layered enough, miss depth or they are an extension of a male character. That’s why I want to stimulate change, by making people more aware of it. They either weren’t aware of it and need to work on it, but if it was meant for the script with a good argument then I have understanding for that. After all, I only help people communicating the story they want to tell” – Gwyneth Sleutel ---------------------------------------- A Review by Gwyneth Sleutel. Find out more information about the film at CinemAsia.nl ---------------------------------------- Photo and story by Feargal Agard ---------------------------------------- @swazehartog @ggvtveer @rialto_film @lab_111 @kriterionamsterdam ---------------------------------------- #HoFA #HumansofFilmAmsterdam #Amsterdam #netherlands #humans #cinemasia #filmfestival #weloveasiancinema #Asia #Asiancinema #KriterionAmsterdam #lab111 #rialtofilm #rialtoamsterdam #rialtofilmtheater #streetphotography #photooftheday #photography #fotografie #womensrepresentation #instamovies #instacinema #instafilm #instagood #women #feminism #movies #films #cinema #femaleempowerment (at Amsterdam, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu1kbbzFnmC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1toyoa0otjaw6

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(1/2) “I worked as the script coach for the fiction FilmLAB of CinemAsia Film Festival. I guided the FilmLAB participants from beginning to end. Step by step, from their first film idea to script. One of my focuses had to do with the representation of women in these scripts. In a workshop class I gave, I addressed a broad perspective of how women are portrayed in mainstream, but also art house films. What are conservative and what are progressive images of women and what does it say about society and the time that we live in. I must say that if we look at the representation of women in Dutch cinema, it still isn’t that great. I base this on the research that I have done. During my bachelor thesis, while studying at the University of Amsterdam, I focused on women’s representation in Dutch romantic comedies, a popular genre." - Gwyneth Sleutel ---------------------------------------- A Review by Gwyneth Sleutel. Find out more information about the film at CinemAsia.nl ---------------------------------------- Photo and story by Feargal Agard ---------------------------------------- @swazehartog @ggvtveer @rialto_film @lab_111 @kriterionamsterdam ---------------------------------------- #HoFA #HumansofFilmAmsterdam #Amsterdam #netherlands #humans #cinemasia #filmfestival #weloveasiancinema #Asia #Asiancinema #KriterionAmsterdam #lab111 #rialtofilm #rialtoamsterdam #rialtofilmtheater #streetphotography #photooftheday #photography #fotografie #womensrepresentation #instamovies #instacinema #instafilm #instagood #women #feminism #movies #films #cinema #femaleempowerment (at Amsterdam, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu1kLOUlNAl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pcpce3a3z5xp

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(2/2) ".... While keeping what I learned from Kakekomi‘s director in mind, I hadn’t entered film school or made any film projects. Along the way, I stumbled on travel videos such as Hong Kong Strong of about six minutes. It’s basically a video sequence of quick shots that show you the culture and people from a Hong Kong. Through another one of Hong Kong Strong’s videos, I discovered how accessible it is to make those videos so I could use it to make my own travel videos as I am passionate about traveling as well. It is around that time that I moved to the Netherlands to live with my boyfriend. It was a sudden shift leaving the Philipines and go to the Netherlands. Quite a culture shock, but I thought it would be smart to document the transition, stories, and experiences that will otherwise quickly fade away. All of this drove me to join CinemAsia FilmLAB where I wrote How to be Dutch (2019) a short film script that tells the story of different women some strong and willing to do anything to survive.” – Maine GaIvez ---------------------------------------- A Review by Maine Galvez Find out more information about the film at CinemAsia.nl ---------------------------------------- Photo and story by Feargal Agard ---------------------------------------- @swazehartog @ggvtveer @rialto_film @lab_111 @kriterionamsterdam ---------------------------------------- #HoFA #HumansofFilmAmsterdam #Amsterdam #netherlands #Philipines #cinemasia #filmfestival #weloveasiancinema #Asia #Asiancinema #KriterionAmsterdam #lab111 #rialtofilm #rialtoamsterdam #rialtofilmtheater #streetphotography #photooftheday #photography #fotografie #Japan #instamovies #instacinema #instafilm #instagood #Eigasai #Kakekomi #movies #films #cinema #masatoharada (at Amsterdam, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/Buzj7bNF4Q9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8lmbzhuzql9e

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(1/2) “The reason why Kakekomi (2015) is dear to me is that the director Masato Harada was present at Eigasai 2016, a Japanese film festival that I went to when I was still living in Manila, The Philipines. The film is set in the Edo period and it portrays how difficult it was to divorce for women in those times. The story is based on the novel by Hisashi Inoue. Women would go to an Engyō-ji temple to hide because divorcing was a big taboo in Japan. After the film, there was a Q & A with the director and I remember that I loved film in general so much, but I never thought of working in the film industry. Because in the Philipines it feels so unreachable. It feels like it is something that only the elite can do or for which you need to go to an expensive film school or maybe even be good-looking. I was always just a part of the audience. But after hearing Harada passionately speak about making his film historically accurate, how he dealt with problems and how things during production don’t always go the way they were supposed to be, I began to consider filmmaking. I was impressed to discover how one person was able to direct, oversee, produce and finish the film. I left the cinema theatre that day with a retirement goal.” – Maine GaIvez ---------------------------------------- A Review by Maine Galvez Find out more information about the film at CinemAsia.nl ---------------------------------------- Photo and story by Feargal Agard ---------------------------------------- @swazehartog @ggvtveer @rialto_film @lab_111 @kriterionamsterdam ---------------------------------------- #HoFA #HumansofFilmAmsterdam #Amsterdam #netherlands #Philipines #cinemasia #filmfestival #weloveasiancinema #Asia #Asiancinema #KriterionAmsterdam #lab111 #rialtofilm #rialtoamsterdam #rialtofilmtheater #streetphotography #photooftheday #photography #fotografie #Japan #instamovies #instacinema #instafilm #instagood #Eigasai #Kakekomi #movies #films #cinema #masatoharada (at Amsterdam, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/Buzihl3ltiE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qidcwvp5hkr9